Remsen, J.V. 1977 Journal Sept. 6 Point Reyes Area: barren pastures along SW side of Drakels Beach Rd. (Looking for the Buff-br Sandpiper found yesterday in late PM) Time: 0715 - 1100 Observers: Linda Hale, James Wolstencroft, Vickie Dziadosz, John Luther, Bud Fry, Alice Mericourt, Clarence Smith Sky: low, dense fog limiting visibility to ~50ft until ~0900, then clearing. Temp: 55-65 Wind: 0-5 E Species: Turtle Vulture 1 Barn Swallow 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Com. Raven 1 Hilldeer 20 Horned Lark 75 Black-bellied Plover 6 Eur. Starling 100 Am. Golden Plover 6 Tricolored Blackbird 300 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 Brewer's Blackbird 75 Northern Phalarope 10 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Rock Dove 1 House Finch 5 v Pine Siskin 3 Savannah Sparrow 20 Am. Goldfinch 10 Long-tailed Wren 1 + Tomales Bay: Osprey 1, Bonaparte's Gull 1 Sept. 10 Tilden Park, Contra Costa Co., Calif. Area 1: Jewel Lake - walk all the way around. Time: 0830-1100 Observers: Linda Hale (and for a while with Bob O'Brien, and Al + Wilma Ghiorso) Wind: 0-5 S Sky: very overcast Temp: 60 Species: Turtle Vulture 2 Black-throated Gray Warbler 19 v Virginia Rail 1 (HO) Wilson's Warbler 6 Sora 1 (HO) House Sparrow 3 Am. Coot 4 Red-winged Blackbird 50 Band-tailed Pigeon 1 West. Tanager 3 Mourning Dove 3 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 Anna's Hummingbird 2 Purple Finch 4 Com. Flicker 1 House Finch 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Am. Goldfinch 2 Black Phoebe 1 Rufous-sided Towhee 5 Western Flycatcher 15 Brown Towhee 5 Willow Flycatcher 7 Oregon Junco 2 W. Wood Pewee 3 Fox Sparrow 2 (Cep) Scrub Jay 5 Song Sparrow 5 Steller's Jay 15 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8 Plain Titmouse 1 Bushtit 4 Wrentit 6 Winter Wren 8 Bewick's Wren 3 Am. Robin 4 Swainson's Thrush 10 Cedar Waxwing 6 Hutton's Vireo 2 Warbling Vireo 25 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 3 Townsend's Warbler 2 Area 2: Orchard Camp Northern Waterthrush 1 Brewer's Blackbird 4 Calif. Quail 8